Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-06-25


of the more enthusiastic citizens went to a
great expense IN procuring floral Offering
which was seven feet high and proportion
ately wide and thick, of the choicest flowers,
to present 10 him at the ball park
As the day wore ona crowd gathered at
the Leland hotel, where the visitors were
stopping. There were four singers in sombre
raiment in the throng, and they sang a
meaningless, but highly complimentary song
to Kelly. Then came a cry for a speech, but
the ballplayer could not speak, owing to
lame leg The four men III sonbre raiment
sang another song and then the crowd surged
upon the hall-player and shook his great
brown hands. The spectacle was affecting,
sublime. A great man was among his friends
again. The noon hour had passed when the
Chicago players were driven up in front of
the hotel to escort the only Kelly and his col
leagues to the park, Flint, Baldwin, Burns,
and Williamson were III the first carriage.
The second vehicle was occupied by Clarkson,
Sunday, Darling and Ryan, and the third by
Gels, Sullivan, Pfeifcr, and DAILY. Then
came the carriage in which the only Mike
and Arson were to ride 1t was drawn by
four bay horses, and long, cadaverous-
looking man IN ftInereal plug hat was on
the box.
1t was little after l O'Clock when the tall
drum major in front of Austin'S band and all
of the carriages slung his staff high into the
air. There was an explosion of triumphant
melody and the march began amid a roar of
cheers, No exalted soldier. fresh from the
shot and shell riveu cities of his enemy, need
ask for greater homage than was paid to Mr.
Kelly by the base ball cranks of Chicago. A
bowling, surging mass of humanity swayed
against the big hangers barouche, and above
the din and uproar of the rahhle were exultant
shrieks of ieweled comets and tuneful grunts of
tuba and trombone. Anson and Kelly dipped
their caps whenever the people were wildly
demoDstrative, and once or twice the man
from Boston waved his hand to some familiar
in the crowd Tho procession moved west on
Madison street as far as Throop street. Crowds
| lined the sidewalks the entire distance, and at
times the cheering was so great as to he al
most deafening 1t was $50 o'clock when the
carriages swung into the park from the
Throop street entrance As the procession,
still headed by the putting musicians, marched
toward the diamond over the green turf, a
roar of cheers burst from the Il, 001 people
| circling the grounds proper The tumult
grew deafening as kelly's familiar face came
nearer the plate, and when he stepped upon
the turf near the home plate the cheering
could have been heard five blocks away.
| And after all, the first break of the phe-
| nomenon when play opened was to muff an
| easy fly that one of the Chicago boys sent
right into his hands The game was a bat
| tiers game from the start Both clubs put
| their crack pitchers in the box-Clarkson for
| the Chicago and Radburme for Boston-and
| Flint and DAILY kept watch behind the bat
But the clubs had no respect for the bali
tossers and the tieiers were kept busy hunt
| ing leather all through the game, as the score
shows Chicago Is, Boston u But Mix.
| was troubled with Charley horses "
Hornung was the first man to bat for Bos-
| ton. The great eft-iielder hit the hall along
the third base line. and Burns juggled it so
| long that the hltsman reached first in safety
| Then came the only Mike He hotbed ND
to the plate and was getting into position
when two ushers from The grand stand Hoped
mp to the plate with Zig floral diamond,
| across the face of which was the word in i'm
mortelles: Kelly" Tile piece was sur
1
easel fashion, by two bnts A Jockeys cap,
| made "f red white and blue silk, accom-
panied the floral present, which was
| from the players friends The crowo
eheered and compelled Kelly to wear his
new hashy bonnet Whether the spectacle
| Kelly presented hoodooed Garrison will
never he known, hut it is certain that the
| Chicago pitcher couldnt place the balls any
where near the plate, and the batsman was
sent to his base. While Kelly was waiting
for ball he could reach Hornung started out
to steal second. Flint hosted the ball over
| Pfeffers head, and before itcould be returned
| to the diamond the left-ielder was on third.
Kelly now attempted to duplicate Hornung's
performance, but his dickey legs could not
carry him to second ahead of Flint's sharp
throw to Pfeffer, and he returned to his
| bench with an unutterable look of disgust
Flint neither laughed or smiled. His
weather beaten face fell apart from the apex
of his nose and slid around back of his ears.
1t was the greatest exhibition of facial ex-
preston ever seen on ball field Wise's
foul tip was squeezed by Flint. and
then Nash reached first on five bad
balls and stole second with rush With
| two men on bases Morrill, popped
up fly which Sullivan pulled down with
both hands. For Chicago Sunday hit sharp
ly to Nash and was thrown out at first Ryan
hurled the bat Dunlap gave him against one
of Radburn's curves and sent the bali spin
ming out in left field The young man then
tried to steal second and was nipped by Daily
to Kelly Sullivan struck out just as the
champions were going into the field Lionel
| Adams, of New Orleans. presented Arson
| with floral basket inscribed in iiuincrtelles:
| "Old Man"
The game ran along after this as games
usually do only that the batting was more
effective toward the last and Chicago having
| the game sure Clarkson let the Bostons have
| six runs in their half of the ninth inning and
| yet it was not necessary for the White Stock
ings to play their half. The game by innings
was as follows:
| Chicago ..-..---...0 0 / o 0 8 0 8 *-1s
Boston. ...............0 0 / / 3 0 0 2 6-1s
Other league games: At Indianapolis-In.
dianapolis &, Philadelphia s.; at Pittsburg-
Pittsburg 5, New York s.
| American association: At Baltimore
Baltimore ), Athletic 8; at New York-Metro
politan T. Brooklyn 3; at Cincinnati-Cincin
matt 0, Louisville 10; at observation-disclosures
z, st. Louis II.
| Northwestern league: At Minneapolis
Minneapolis %, Eau Claire IL; at Duluth
| Oshkosh 5, Duluth 3.
Yale-PenDsyIvania Boat Race.
New LONDON, Conn, June 25.-The four
| mile boat race between the Yale College ant
University of Pennsylvania crews was rowet
Friday evening, and was won by the Yal'
men. The boats got off at 1905 p. M, ane
Pennsylvania took water first, but befor
| rniup 2nn Yards No g hrnka nm oar and tn